Goin' South (1978)

"Goin' South" is a 1978 western comedy blending outlaw antics with a reluctant marriage plot. Jack Nicholson directs and stars as a horse thief dodging the gallows by wedding a prim young landowner. That landowner is Mary Steenburgen, making her screen debut opposite Nicholson. Her performance balances comic timing with real vulnerability. The site's archive holds one scene from the film showing her topless. It's a rare early glimpse of the actress before she became one of Hollywood's most respected leading ladies.